Professor Marc Gladman

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Biographical details

Marc A Gladman MBBS DRCOG DFFP MRCOG MRCS PhD FRCS (UK) FRACS is Professor of Colorectal Surgery at Sydney Medical School and Director of the Enteric Neuroscience & Gastrointestinal Research Group, Anzac Research Institute, University of Sydney. His abiding research interest is the understanding of bowel function in health and disease and the application of such knowledge to improve patient care. In 2012, he established the Academic Colorectal Unit, a collaboration of expert gastrointestinal surgeons and physicians, epidemiologists, biostatisticians and gastrointestinal scientists, physiologists and neuroscientists. He currently holds leadership positions in several organizations, including the Surgical Services and Unwarranted Clinical Variation Taskforces of the Agency for Clinical Innovation. He is the Co-Chair of the Developing a Career in Academic Surgery course of the RACS and has served in advisory roles for the National Health Performance Agency, the Cancer Institute of NSW and Cancer Australia.

4.Translational Basic Science:enteric neuroscience research to determine the molecular, electrophysiological and neuropathophysiological basis of gastrointestinal conditions;.

Each year more than 230 million major operations are performed worldwide, one for every 25 people in the world. Diseases of the bowel are among the commonest in the population, with bowel cancer being the second most common type of newly diagnosed cancer in Australia and the second biggest cancer killer. Further, bowel problems such as constipation and incontinence are one of the most frequent reasons why people visit doctors, with approximately 1 in 10 people suffering with each of these problems. Despite these staggering statistics, very little is known about how the bowel works in healthy individuals and what goes wrong in diseases and disorders such as cancer and constipation. More importantly, it is unclear how many operations are performed for bowel problems in Australia each year and what results are achieved following surgery.

Teaching and supervision

Professor Gladman currently supervises 3 PhD, 2 MPhil and 4 Masters of Surgery students and is actively involved in the education of SMP students and postgraduate surgical and research students. His teaching interests focus on technology-enhanced learning and he has designed and developednumerous resources for surgical education and training, including the highly successful Surgical Masterclass (masterclass.surgery), which he has deliveredat the Concord Clinical School since 2013. Previously, he developed and was the academic coordinator for 3 Masters of Surgery units at the University:

SURG5001: Practical research Methods for Surgeons I

SURG5003: Practical research Methods for Surgeons II

SURG5031: Surgical Skills & Practical Professionalism

He has authored 10 textbooks, including the highly acclaimed “Examination Surgery: A Guide to Passing the FRACS in General Surgery” and “Clinical Cases and OSCEs in Surgery: The Definitive Guide to Passing Examinations”, which has won recognition at the British Medical Association international book awards and is now in its 3rd Edition.